French-獨 leaders to refrain from escalating tensions
WP “Inducing global commotion with nine words”
“I do not call for regime change in Russia”
US President Joe Biden (pictured) reversed his impromptu remarks suggesting Russia’s ‘regime change’ within a day. As criticism grew in the United States and the West as a “terrible mistake” in a series of tales regarding the Ukraine crisis, it began to evolve.
President Biden, who returned from a European tour, said, “No,” when he was asked if he was calling for a change of government in Russia while visiting a church in Washington on the 27th (local time).
In Poland the day before, he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot remain in power, suggesting the need to oust Putin. However, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized the statement, saying, “Western leaders should refrain from making escalating remarks.” It might give Russia an excuse to escalate the nuclear threat because of the West’s support for Ukraine.
The Washington Post reported that “President Biden’s nine-word ad-lib caused a global commotion.” Republican Rep. Michael Waltz also said, “President Biden needs to take[the mistake]seriously as commander-in-chief.” can,” he criticized.
This is the third time that Biden has been caught up in rumors related to the Ukraine crisis. At a press conference on the first anniversary of his inauguration on January 19 of this year, he was criticized for authorizing the Russian invasion, saying that “if the Russian invasion of Ukraine is small, it will lead to a small-scale response.” He also said on the 24th of this month that he would “call the same response” to the possibility of using chemical weapons in Russia, sparking controversy over whether he was referring to the possibility of using chemical weapons in the West.
Some analysts believe that President Biden’s remarks on the ‘regime change’ may be a ‘calculated mistake’ taking into account the hardline stance in the United States.
In an NBC poll on the 27th, 82% of respondents said that ‘nuclear weapons will be used in the Ukraine war’, and 74% said that ‘the US will send troops to Ukraine’. When asked if they believed President Biden would properly deal with the Ukraine crisis, only 28% answered positively.
Washington = Byung-ki Moon, Correspondent weappon@donga.com
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